Ruby Braff —
Braff! ... LP Epic, 1956. Very Good+ ...
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A great little album from Ruby Braff – simply blown in a small combo setting, with a strong focus on Braff's sparkling tone on the trumpet! The groups vary throughout the course of the set, but all players are pretty darn great – and tunes include guitar from Steve Jordan, vibes by Don ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ruby Braff —
Easy Now ... LP RCA, 1958. Very Good+ ...
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With Emmett Berry on trumpet, Bob Wilber on tenor, Vic Dickensonon trombone, Leonard Gaskin on bass, Mundell Lowe on guitar, Marty Napoleon on piano, and Don Lamond on drums; plus Roy Eldridge on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Hank Jones on piano on a few tunes. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Living Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has minimal wear, but looks nice overall!)
They're not kidding about the title – because the album's one of Ruby Braff's most swingin from the time – a sharp-edged quartet session that's filled with well-blown notes! Ruby's in the lead on all numbers on trumpet – getting support from Johnny Guarnieri on piano, Walter Page ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, yellowing from age, and a small smudge in back.)
A 70s trad revival set from Ruby Braff – recorded in Sweden as part of the excellent Sonet catalog. The group on the set features Ruby on cornet, alongside Dick Katz on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Bill Crow on bass, and Connie Kay on drums. Tracks are short, and dominated nicely by ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
We're not normally the biggest fans of Ruby Braff – but this is a great little album, thanks to some strong instrumentation! The group on the set's a sextet – with Ruby leading on trumpet, plus Mundell Lowe on guitar, Don Elliott on vibes, Milt Hinton on bass, Don Lamond on drums, and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s yellow label stereo Bell pressing. Cover has a mostly split spine, clear tape holding the top seam, and a tiny split in the bottom seam.)
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins —
Grand Reunion ... LP Chiaroscuro, 1980. Near Mint- ...
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A pretty great album of mellow jazz tracks – recorded in a very spare setting that has trumpeter Ruby Braff playing with pianist Ellis Larkins, and no other accompaniment! The setting's quite unusual for the time, and it makes for a relaxed intimate meeting between two strong talents that ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(UK Vanguard Series pressing in a flip-back cover, with light wear and aging.)
A great set of trad jazz grooves from the Boston scene of the 50s – recorded with an easygoing groove that's totally great, and put together by George Wein in the same spirit as some of his better-known live events of the time! Players include Ruby Braff on trumpet, Vic Dickenson and Dick ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a light stain in one corner, but no splits – and overall this is a great copy!)
(Note: This item is not for sale online until 7:00am on Sunday, April 21. It is in limited supply – and by nature of the Record Store Day rules it will be offered for sale first to customers who visit the Dusty Groove retail outlet in Chicago the morning of Saturday, April 20. It will not be ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Billy Bragg & Wilco's excellent spin on the Woody Guthrie songbook – the first volume in their Mermaid Avenue collaboration! The way the Mermaid Avenue series turned out, it feels as much like it's half Wilco's take on the songs and half Bragg – as opposed to it being a "superg ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram pressing from 2013. Includes the insert.)
A record as unique as its title – a set led by saxophonist Devin Brahja Waldman, but done with a soaring ensemble spirit that takes us back to 70s material by Eddie Gale or The Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe! Part of the record's charm is the presence of vocals from Janice Lowe – a ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label narrow band stereo pressing. Includes the booklet and London inner sleeves. NOTE – Box is lightly stained with heavy wear and some flaking at the bottom edge.)
(Limited Direct Disc recording. Includes the booklet. Vinyl is in great shape, but cover has heavy surface wear, edge wear, and is bent at the top left corner, spine, and bottom seam.)
Brainbox —
Parts ... LP Harvest (Holland), 1972. Very Good+ ...
$29.99
Great work from this cool Dutch group – a quratet with lots of piano and organ from bassist Robert Verwey, lead guitar and "mouthorgan" from Ron Meyjes, percussion from Frans Smit, and vocals and flute from Michel Van Dijk! The set's after Jan Akkerman left the group, but they ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early Dutch Harvest pressing. Cover has some light waviness, but looks nice overall.)
A record with a freaky sort of cover, but one that's got this very laidback, down to earth vibe – almost like a small funk combo taking on territory from 70s AOR, but serving things up with a much looser, easygoing sort of style! The vocals are great – blue-eyed soul, and compressed ... (Deep Funk) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
George Braith —
Musart ... LP Prestige, 1967. Very Good+ ...
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One of our favorite-ever albums on Prestige Records from the 60s – and a set that's a fair bit different than most of the other work on the label! The set's an unusual outing for saxophonist George Braith – cut after his famous albums for Blue Note, and in a mode that's quite different ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
George Braith —
Two Souls In One ... LP Blue Note, 1963. Near Mint- ...
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One of the most wonderful albums by one of our favorite jazz artists of all time! For this unique session, George Braith offers up "two souls in one" – by playing both soprano sax and "stritch" simultaneously – in a two-reed mode that recalls the work of Roland Kirk ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Scorpio reissue.)
Glenn Branca —
Ascension ... LP 99 Records/Superior Viaduct, Early 80s. New Copy (reissue)...
$20.9922.99
A masterpiece of new music for guitar from the legendary Glenn Branca – a set that both draws on all the minimal experiments on the New York scene of the 70s, and the big wave of underground music at the end of the decade! Branca effortlessly fuses the rock and compositional communities here ... (Out Sound) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Domo Branch is represented as a group on the front cover – but if you take a closer look, you'll notice the image features multiple shots of the man himself – a killer drummer who delivers a wonderful performance on this full album of solo drums! The set was recorded overseas, but Domo ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the last recordings ever made by the genius trumpeter Jaimie Branch – and a set that shows the bold new direction she was going in, right before she left our planet all too soon! The music here leaps forward from any of Branch's earlier recordings – with harder rhythms, more ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the last recordings ever made by the genius trumpeter Jaimie Branch – and a set that shows the bold new direction she was going in, right before she left our planet all too soon! The music here leaps forward from any of Branch's earlier recordings – with harder rhythms, more ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black vinyl pressing in the foil cover, with obi and International Anthem inner sleeve.)
One of the last recordings ever made by the genius trumpeter Jaimie Branch – and a set that shows the bold new direction she was going in, right before she left our planet all too soon! The music here leaps forward from any of Branch's earlier recordings – with harder rhythms, more ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jaimie Branch —
Fly Or Die Live ... LP International Anthem, 2021. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
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Trumpeter Jaimie Branch has been giving us great music for a number of years – but honestly, she really knocks it out of the park on this live set – a record that's even more amazing than her previous two efforts with a similar title! The set's a double-length performance – and ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A crowning classic from maestro Waltel Branco – a Brazilian talent who could be smooth and sophisticated, but also pretty darn funky too – especially on this famous album from this 70s! The set takes off in a large ensemble vein of Brazilian grooves from a few years before – kind ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Dollar Brand's more ambitious albums – featuring a larger group of players than usual, working through some compositions that have as much life and spirit as might be implied by the title! The group includes Brand on keyboards, conga, and soprano sax – plus work by Carlos Ward ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Spare, solo, and incredibly haunting work from Dollar Brand – recorded in Switzerland in the early 70s, and featuring Brand on both flute and piano, playing a set of 14 original compositions designed to provide small sketches of his African homeland. The mood of the work is less sprightly ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Early recordings by Dollar Brand – recorded in London in 1965, playing solo on a batch of tunes dedicated to two big influences – Duke Ellington and Randy Weston – and also featuring a number of his own compositions. Titles include "Pye R Squared", "Knights ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) —
Children Of Africa ... LP Inner City, 1976. Near Mint- ...
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Trio material – featuring Dollar Brand on piano with Cecil McBee on bass and the great Roy Brooks on drums! The album's pretty laidback, but in a mellow spiritual mode that suits all players well. Brand plays soprano sax on the track "Ishmael", playing over his own piano lines ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The original version of this groundbreaking bit of funky soul – the first British recording of the Brand New Heavies album, heard here with original vocals by Jay Ella Ruth – who was replaced on the record for the more famous US recording! Ruth's got a jazzier style than N'Dea ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pivotal album from the early 90s – one that not only furthered the rebirth of live funk instrumentation at a time when ditigal elements dominated the scene – but also really opened up that mode to a whole new generation of hip hop as well! At a time when the music was all about the ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer collection of work from a group who are very near and dear to our hearts – a soulful combo who emerged from the UK scene at the end of the 80s, and really helped bring back a classic sort of warmth to soul music! Brand New Heavies were a funk combo at the core, but they were also ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album that came out early in the career of the Brand New Heavies, and one that brings together a whole host of tracks from the early years of the group – rare material that never made it on their albums, and which resonates strongly with the wickedly sharp vibe of their first album! There' ... (Neo Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Early 90s greatness from Brand Nubian – and proof that the group had a lot of life in them, even after Grand Puba set out on his solo career! Sadat X and Lord Jamar acquit themselves nicely on the mic, and the beats are head-noddingly satisfying too – work from DJ Sincere this time ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Heavy fusion from Brand X – the late 70s heirs to some of the harder, rock-inspired modes of the earlier part of the decade! The music is still mostly jazz, but there's a lot of mainstream influence here – especially in the guitars played by John Goodsall, and the drums, which are ... (Jazz) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
With John Goodsall on guitars, Percy Jones on bass, Robin Lumley on pieano and keyboards, Phil Collns on guitar and piano, and Morris Pert on percussion. (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
Brand X —
Product ... LP Passport, 1979. Near Mint- ...
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Way more than just another Christmas album from an older R&B singer – as Brandy brings in plenty of her own songwriting skills to the record, and creates a set that should well be a Christmas classic in years to come! As with some of the best soul-based Holiday sets, the standout cuts ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer bit of female soul by a very short-lived group – one with a great sound that comes out of some real criss-crossing of styles – some deep soul currents, but some hipper modern soul touches at the top! The set was produced by Brad Shapiro, and has a good blend of his modern and ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Laura Branigan —
Hold Me ... LP Atlantic, 1985. Sealed ...
$2.99
Titles include "When The Heat Hits The Street", "Hold Me", "Maybe Tonight", "Spanish Eddie", "When I'm With You", "Tenderness", and "Sanctuary". (Rock) LP, Vinyl record album
Laura Branigan gets some help here on arrangements from Harold Faltermeyer – who makes things a bit funkier than you might expect – although still very much in the kind of poppy style he used famously on some big 80s soundtracks! The mode works well for Laura – whose approach is ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing, still sealed, but with a Special sticker obscuring a promo stamp under the shrink in back.)
An incredible album of jazz tracks by one of Brazil's greatest reed players of the 70s – the mighty Victor Assis Brasil – a free-thinking spirit who really took Brazilian jazz in bold new directions at the time! The record shows Victor absorbing a lot of post-Coltrane influences, and ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic album from this legendary Brazilian saxophonist – and one that's way different than the usual instrumental reading of the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim! The setting is less of a bossa-inspired one than a post-Coltrane mode – as Victor Assis Brasil blows alto sax, and a bit ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Second pressing, on Continental. Cover has light ringwear and a small sticker. Vinyl is great!)
Victor Assis Brasil Quarteto —
Pedrinho ... LP Odeon/EMI (Brazil), 1979. Very Good Gatefold ...
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One of the greatest albums by Victor Assis Brasil – a brilliant sax player who was one of Brazil's greatest jazz talents in the 70s! On this set, Victor really tightens things up from some of his spacier post-Coltrane albums of earlier years – crackling with a firey approach to the ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent set of lively samba tunes – played with lots of jazzy flourishes, and instrumentation that includes trombone, guitar, and accordion. Our lack of understanding of Portuguese makes the liner notes a bit difficult to decipher – but it appears that Sivuca's playing and singing ... (Brazil) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing, in the plastic outer sleeve.)
Brass Construction —
6 ... LP United Artists, 1980. Near Mint- ...
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Six albums in, and these guys still aren't losing their groove – and if anything, they seem to be getting even tighter and funkier with the 80s groove generation! Randy Muller's still the main man making things happen here – giving the group their trademark horn sound, and that ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, but looks great overall.)
Brass Construction —
Attitudes ... LP Liberty, 1982. Near Mint- ...
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Sweet 80s groove from Brass Construction – still with Randy Muller at the helm, but with a sound that's a bit more bassy than before! Trademark Brass Construction horns still make an appearance on the set, but there's almost more focus on the keyboards – which, along with the bass, ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic set that goes "slam" from the very first note – and which helped to set the pace for countless ensemble funk acts to come! Brass Construction had a wonderful sound that was the best-realized version of the east coast indie club combos of the mid 70s – funky at the ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(The back cover has a peel spot and small split along the bottom seam.)
Brass Construction's fifth album, and the group's still grooving harder than most of their contemporaries! The legendary Randy Muller is still fully in charge here – serving up his trademark lean, mean arrangements that compress all elements of the music firmly on the beat – all in a ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second album from Brass Construction – heavy horns, basslines, and stellar dancefloor grooves – a stone classic! The first one was totally great, but they cast a wider stylistic claim on II – their trademark funky sound is still very firmly in place, but they bring more to ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole, light ringwear, and some edge wear.)
Another killer from Brass Construction – served up in that fantastic Randy Muller groove! The group's a bit one, but they've got a tightness that's really incredible – horns, bass, keys, and drums all focused together perfectly – hitting a pulsating rhythmic line that's perfect ... (Soul) read moreLP, Vinyl record album